Mainstream Media Picks up on Taproom Battles

Dear Client:More mainstream publications are covering the craft brewery-owned tasting room/taproom/brewpub phenom -- and the friction it can cause with other tiers. Per Brewers Association economist Bart Watson, "own-premise" brite tank sales (or sales direct from brite tanks at brewers' tasting rooms, brewpubs, etc.) are now around 2 million barrels of a 20 million barrel draft market.The Chicago Tribune covered the growing brewery model earlier this week, depicting how on-premise beer consumption at U.S. breweries has quadrupled since 2010.To brewers,